A California serial killer made matters worse when he burst into song in front of his victims' families as they begged him to give up the location of a young girl he allegedly killed.
David Misch, 63, began singing the lyrics to 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall during his sentencing in an Alameda County courtroom on Tuesday as his victims' distraught families delivered their impact statements, according to the Mercury News.
Judge Paul Delucchi promptly kicked the killer out of the courtroom, but he could be heard whistling the song from a near-lockdown cell as the families begged him to reveal the location of Michaela Joy Garecht, a nine-year-old girl he is accused of killing. murder in a separate case in 1988.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Royl Roberts said his actions were “not only reprehensible, but a blatant display of no remorse for taking the lives of Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier” – whom he was convicted of murdering.
Prosecutors said Misch kidnapped Xavier, 18, and Duey, 20, both of Fremont, in February 1986 with the intent to sexually abuse them.
They said Misch killed them after they fought back, according to the Mercury News.
His DNA was found under Duey's fingernails and part of his license plate was written on Xavier's hand.
However, Misch claimed that he was a cocaine dealer who had shared a cigarette with Duey on the night of the murder. He also claimed that he saw her kidnapped and tried to intervene.
The girls had attended a birthday party just hours before they were found dead by a motorcyclist in Fremont. According to KRON 4, they both suffered stab and gunshot wounds.
He was charged with the deaths of Xavier and Duey in 2018.
On Tuesday, Misch was sentenced to 50 years to life for their murders.
David Misch, 63, began singing the lyrics to 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall during his sentencing in an Alameda County courtroom on Tuesday as his victims' distraught families delivered their impact statements.
The families of Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier begged him to provide the location of the body of Michaela Joy Garecht, a nine-year-old girl he allegedly murdered in another case in 1988 (photo: Garecht)
Misch killed Xavier, 18, and Duey, 20, both of Fremont, in February 1986. He was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life in prison.
According to KRON 4, Garecht disappeared in November 1988 after being kidnapped in a parking lot in Hayward.
Misch allegedly moved her scooter closer to his car to lure her. When she tried to get it back, he allegedly grabbed her and drove away, leaving her friends behind at a Rainbow Market, the FBI said.
He was accused of her death in 2020.
According to the Mercury News, Misch is currently serving a prison sentence of 18 years to life for the fourth murder of Margaret Ball in 1989 in Oakland.
